Chapter 143 Nian Nian's Little Bedmate
After playing for most of the day, Xi Zimu and Ji Shuhe were sent home near dusk.
Jiang Duan was retained by Nian Nian.
Strictly speaking, it wasn't considered being kept. Jiang Duan's original intention was to stay at Shi's house with Nian Nian for another night.
It was just getting dark and after dinner, Nian Nian asked Shi Guilin for his cell phone and made a video call to Cheng Huili.
As soon as the video call was connected, Nian Nian's sweet words to her godmother came flying towards her. The sweetness went straight to her heart and made the woman on the other end of the video very happy. She easily got Cheng Huili to agree to Jiang Duan's request to stay overnight.
"Yeah!" Nian Nian, who had just hung up the phone, leaped up and grabbed Jiang Duan's shoulders with both hands like hooks. "Brother Duan, Nian Nian can sleep with you again tonight."
Nian Nian has grown considerably in size and mental development and is about to enter elementary school. Shi Guilin has already put the issue of separate beds on his agenda and is already making some progress.
It was extremely difficult to sleep in separate beds at the beginning. Shi Guilin would not leave until Nian Nian closed her eyes and fell asleep. If he left Nian Nian's sight for even just one minute, he would cry.
If the crying was the kind that made a loud noise and threw a tantrum, Shi Guilin could still be cold-hearted and hard-hearted. But this little guy in his family was not so lawless.
Shi Guilin tried to leave the children's room, gently close the door, pretend to leave, but actually listen to the movements inside through the door and observe secretly.
The first time he tried this, the children's room was very quiet, so quiet that Gui Lin was sure that Nian Nian must have fallen asleep.
But when he went in to check the situation, he saw Nian Nian lying obediently on the small bed, maintaining the sleeping position when he left, with her little chin resting on the sky blue quilt, her eyes red, and tears falling silently.
His eyelashes were wet and clump together, and his face was damp. He was like a poor rabbit, his head resting on the pillow, occasionally taking out his hand from under the quilt, wiping his tears with the back of his hand, while the other hand held a small dumpling half wet with tears.
Seeing this scene, Shi Guilin's heart collapsed and a feeling of heartache surged up. He wiped the man's tears in a daze and got on the small bed to sleep with him.
Therefore, Shi Guilin often felt that God gave Nian Nian to him to tie him down.
He's always like this. If you can't do anything about Nian Nian, just blame God.
Even though it was so difficult, the separation of beds was finally carried out day by day.
Children who have just been separated from their parents always need someone to keep them company. Usually, Shi Guilin would do that, but if Jiang Duan was visiting, Nian Nian would settle for the second best option and let Jiang Duan stay in bed with them, in order to help them develop their independence.
What Shi Guilin didn't expect was that the second turning point in the bed-separating process was the first time Jiang Duan stayed in bed with his child.
On the crib of the child's bed, there are two small hills protruding from the quilt printed with a cartoon kitten.
"Brother Duan, do you know why Papa doesn't let Nian Nian sleep with him?"
"Because children need to learn to be independent."
"Oh. Brother Duan, have you learned to be independent?"
"……Um."
"Well, okay."
"Brother Duan, Nian Nian is not sleepy at all."
"It's okay, just close your eyes and you'll fall asleep. If you can't sleep, I can tell you a story."
"Then Nian Nian wants to hear a story."
"Okay. Cover yourself with the quilt and lie down, and I'll explain it slowly. Are you lying down now?"
"Um!"
"Once upon a time, there were three little pigs..."
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Gradually, Nian Nian discovered that sleeping with Jiang Duan was even better than with Shi Guilin! Jiang Duan was always available, allowing for pleasant conversation without rushing him to sleep. Sleeping alone wasn't so bad either; he could read a few words now and could read picture books. Overall, he was quite happy.
With the subtle influence day after day, the separate beds were finally successfully achieved.
But today is different. After many days, Nian Nian sleeps in the same bed with Jiang Duan again tonight.
Two children came out of the bathroom one after the other.
The mist condensed into water droplets, winding down the frosted bathroom door. The waterproof cover on the plug was removed and the hair dryer was connected.
Shi Guilin held the hair dryer in one hand and extended his other hand to the outlet with his fingers spread out. He felt the temperature in his palm carefully, and it wasn't scorching hot. He waved to the two young men who were chatting away, "Come over here and blow dry your hair."
Nian Nian nodded, her little mouth chattering non-stop. He tugged at Jiang Duan's arm and moved their conversation from the sink to under Shi Guilin's hair dryer.
Shi Guilin laughed and muttered softly, "What a talkative guy!", and quickly finished blowing the heads of the two little guys.
Seeing that the two of them were chatting enthusiastically, Shi Guilin did not interrupt them. He quietly took a comb and combed their messy hair.
Just as he finished combing his hair for the last time, his cell phone, which was placed on the bed in the bedroom, rang.
Shi Guilin glanced outside calmly, then turned around and took a bottle of moisturizer from the sink, unscrewed the cap and handed it to Jiang Duan. "Why don't you two apply it on your faces? I'm going to answer a phone call first."
"Yeah." Jiang Duan agreed.
"So good." Shi Guilin rubbed their heads, turned around, picked up the phone from the bed, and walked to the side to answer the call.
Next to the sink, two figures, one tall and one short, were vaguely visible in the mirror, standing face to face.
"Niannian, let me help you apply it." Jiang Duan carefully took out an appropriate amount of cream from the bottle, and with his other hand, he supported Niannian's chin and face, gently spread the moisturizing cream, and then pressed it for absorption.
It didn't take more than two minutes. "Okay." Jiang Duan looked at Nian Nian's face, which was a little redder than before she applied the moisturizer. "Did I hurt you?"
"No." Nian Nian raised her face and smiled at him, tilting her head slightly and facing him with one side of her face. "Brother Duan, smell it. Every time Papa applied makeup on Nian Nian's face, he said Nian Nian smelled delicious."
Jiang Duan lowered his eyelids, and looked at Nian Nian's peach-pink skin with his pure black pupils. He slowly lowered his head and moved closer until the tip of his nose barely touched Nian Nian's cheek, then he took a small breath and sniffed.
After a pause, he pulled away and whispered, "It smells good."
As soon as he finished speaking, a red spot appeared behind his ears.
"Yes. Nian Nian smells just like my pretty aunt." There seemed to be an invisible tail wagging behind Nian Nian. He was delighted to receive Jiang Duan's praise, and then another idea came to his mind.
"Brother Duan." Nian Nian smiled at him, took the moisturizing cream from his hand, hooked a little with her finger, showed it to Jiang Duan, and said in return, "Brother, bend down, Nian Nian will help you apply it too."
Since Shi Linzhuo corrected Nian Nian's address, Nian Nian rarely called him brother. This time, Jiang Duan, as if possessed by some mysterious force, lowered his head in obedience.
The first thing you feel on your face is the cool, icy sensation of the moisturizing cream. Then, as the cream spreads out with your warm fingertips, the slightly cool feeling disappears, and your nose is filled with a faint fragrance.
Nian Nian applied the makeup very seriously, staring at Jiang Duan's face without blinking. Jiang Duan could count his eyelashes clearly from such a close distance.
When Guilin came back after the call, he did not miss this scene. He thought it was cute that the two little guys were wiping each other's faces with their heads close together, so he took a secret photo and sent it to Cheng Huili.
By the way, a message: the two little babies are going to sleep. They are applying perfume.
After sending the message, he put away his phone. He walked over and asked loudly, "Are you guys done?"
"It's done." Nian Nian smiled and took a small step back. As if she remembered something, she stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Duan's collar and sniffed it like a puppy. "Brother Duan, we both smell delicious."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Duan subconsciously touched his face.
"Go to bed after you're done applying the makeup." Shi Guilin took one of them by the hand and led them back to Nian Nian's room.
Because Jiang Duan stayed overnight, a new pillow was added to the bed.
After the two of them lay down, Shi Guilin turned off the main lights for them, leaving a dim bedside lamp on. "Good night, babies. Don't stay up late chatting."
"good evening."
"Good night, papa."
Click.
The sound of the door opening and closing.
Shi Guilin left.
In the quiet, dimly lit room, Nian Nian curled up under the covers. After rubbing against each other for a long time, he finally squeezed in with Jiang Duan, arm to arm.
"Brother Duan, are you sleepy?"
"fine."
"Oh oh." Nian Nian adjusted her sleeping position and continued, "Brother Duan, when the lights were on, Nian Nian noticed that your ears were about to become numb."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Duan stiffened on the bed for a moment, "Really?"
"Yeah. Nian Nian saw it with both eyes."
"..." Jiang Duan was silent for a moment, and placed his palm across Nian Nian's eyes, "Go to sleep."
Time passes quietly in the darkness.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Duan couldn't sleep anymore. He removed his hand and said in a low voice, "Nian Nian?"
"Um... Duan... Brother..." He seemed half asleep and half awake.
Jiang Duan hesitated, then said nothing. The little man beside him began breathing more evenly, the faint scent of moisturizing cream permeating the air.
After a long while, he finally uttered the words that had been lingering in his heart for a long time: "Niannian, thank you for never despising me."
I haven't disliked you since the day we met.
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